Buzzing noise 7970

[Chrisoldinho]

Hi all,

Purchased a 7970 the other day( (VT3XD).
Fitted the card last night no problem.

Every since i've fitted it there is a strange "buzzing" noise coming from the card. It's only noticable when my system is stressed (e.g. playing BF3).

At first I thought it was the fans, but a quick test of turning them turning them up in CCC showed that not to be the case. I have reseated the card, and reseated several other surrounding components.

Any ideas what could be causing it, I don't want to RMA it after just 1 day, but it's quite audible, I wondered if it could be power related, and when the voltage increases so does the noise?

Regards,
Chris.

 

[dave_beast]

Coil whine, run Heaven 3.0 for a few hours and it should settle down.
What PSU have you got as sometimes they can cause abnormal amounts of coil whine?

 

[up2nogooduk]

Hi all,

Purchased a 7970 the other day( (VT3XD).
Fitted the card last night no problem.

Every since i've fitted it there is a strange "buzzing" noise coming from the card. It's only noticable when my system is stressed (e.g. playing BF3).

At first I thought it was the fans, but a quick test of turning them turning them up in CCC showed that not to be the case. I have reseated the card, and reseated several other surrounding components.

Any ideas what could be causing it, I don't want to RMA it after just 1 day, but it's quite audible, I wondered if it could be power related, and when the voltage increases so does the noise?

Regards,
Chris.

Does it sound like this squeaking sound? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYIPp9Wa9o8
Or is it a Electrical buzzing/humming sound, like a electrical sound, like a water cooling pump noise, kind of!

Mine had the same noise in that video clip, it stoped after a while! but now i get a buzzing noise. annoying, but once you have sound turned up, u can't hear it.

 

[Chrisoldinho]

Does it sound like this squeaking sound? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYIPp9Wa9o8
Or is it a Electrical buzzing/humming sound, like a electrical sound, like a water cooling pump noise, kind of!

Mine had the same noise in that video clip, it stoped after a while! but now i get a buzzing noise. annoying, but once you have sound turned up, u can't hear it.

Thanks for the reply.

At first it sounded the same (yesterday), but this has now gone. It has now been replaced by a buzzing noise, but it's audible, I'll try and do a recording to show the noise, it only does it under load.

 

[mmj_uk]

It seems to be a common problem with 7970, they must be using cheap VRM components or something...

It's the main reason why I replaced mine as I planned to eventually go watercooling and it would have been the loudest thing in the case by a mile, simply scrolling web pages with smooth scrolling on sent it off. Unbelievably irritating.

 

[Chrisoldinho]

It seems to be a common problem with 7970, they must be using cheap VRM components or something...

It's the main reason why I replaced mine as I planned to eventually go watercooling and it would have been the loudest thing in the case by a mile, simply scrolling web pages with smooth scrolling on sent it off. Unbelievably irritating.

Was just reading a post from another site here:-

http://forums.pureoverclock.com/vid...331-7970-making-buzzing-noise-under-load.html

Seems to explain the issue pretty well. Is the only option to RMA or does it go away over time?

Thanks

 

[Chrisoldinho]

Raised an RMA, here's hoping it can either be fixed / replaced.

 

[jimhaumman]

read simillar thread.is common with your vt3xd.
they want fix it,asked for replacement.

 

[Mal X]

the noise to watch out for, is the sound of an ARC WELDER, or a sparking sound.... this is bad news!

 

[mmj_uk]

I wouldn't have thought it would get better over time but some on here claim it does, mine certainly didn't.

I replaced it with an Asus DCII 680 not heard a squeak out of it under even the heaviest load and it's under water now, I'll be reluctant to buy reference cards in future if squealing is this common.

 

[Mal X]

my latest card has coil whine too, but only if i go over Stock volts, which i've only done once !!!

i was too scared to go over stock volts for more than about a minute

i'm on max AMD CATALYST OC which is fine for me, whatever the case, this card seems much stronger/ stable than my last one.

i like the 7970 but it's not as strong as my GT 8800, that was as strong as an OX and survived loads of overclocking/ punishment.

 

[Rusty0611]

my latest card has coil whine too, but only if i go over Stock volts, which i've only done once !!!

i was too scared to go over stock volts for more than about a minute

i'm on max AMD CATALYST OC which is fine for me, whatever the case, this card seems much stronger/ stable than my last one.

i like the 7970 but it's not as strong as my GT 8800, that was as strong as an OX and survived loads of overclocking/ punishment.

You mean your 7970 isn't as newb proof?

 

[Mal X]

You mean your 7970 isn't as newb proof?

yes ha ha, compared to my last one !!!